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The Minnesota South District was formed in 1963 when the Minnesota District was divided. District offices are located in Burnsville, Minnesota . Delegates from each congregation meet in convention every three years to elect the district president, vice presidents, circuit counselors, a board of directors, and other officers.
Nebraska District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod; New England District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod; New Jersey District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod; North Dakota District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod; North Wisconsin District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod
The Canadian district was split off three years later in 1878/1879, and eventually in 1988, the three Missouri Synod districts in the Dominion of Canada there were separated to join and form the new independent denomination of the Lutheran Church-Canada. The old Northern district was renamed the Michigan district in 1881.
Both the ELS and the WELS withdraw from the Synodical Conference, leaving only the LCMS and the Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches (SELC) as members. [92] The Central District is split into the Indiana and Ohio districts, and the Minnesota District into the Minnesota North and Minnesota South districts. [21] [35]
The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod The LCMS logo (2020) Abbreviation LCMS Classification Protestant Orientation Confessional Lutheran Polity Synodical/modified congregational Structure National synod, 35 middle level districts, and local congregations President Matthew C. Harrison Altar and pulpit fellowship American Association of Lutheran Churches Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia ...
The Missouri District is home to the synod's headquarters as well as Concordia Seminary, both of which are located in or just outside St. Louis. The district includes approximately 301 congregations and missions, subdivided into 28 circuits , as well as 52 preschools, 56 elementary schools , and 9 high schools.
Minnesota North District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod; Minnesota South District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod; S. Saint Paul Area Synod; V.
Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary (Columbia, South Carolina): merged with Lenoir–Rhyne University; Luther Seminary (St. Paul, Minnesota) Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary (Berkeley, California): affiliated with California Lutheran University; Trinity Lutheran Seminary (Columbus, Ohio): merged with Capital University